I did not cook this year for Thanksgiving, though I normally do, so I went to mom and dad's instead since Ben was out of town.

At any rate, I use those browning bags in lieu of tin foil on my birds. Have you ever used those? IMO, better than foil at keeping moisture in, and getting the flavors to percolate through the whole bird. I'm excited for Christmas Day Dinner™ now, because I will cook a full spread then. It's gonna be yum-o!

The secret of a moist turkey is to leave it cooling for at least 15 minutes after you take it out of the oven. Bag or no bag, foil or no foil. Because, once the outside is cooked, the juices are locked in still, a friend of mine says that if you cook the first half of the time with the turkey upside down, it gets even more moist... I have yet to try that. But I'll tell you what, the best birds and other roasts in general were done by my mom and grandma with roasting pans that had very high sides that went above the side of the bird you were cooking (mostly chickens, geese and ducks, though small turkeys were also used sometimes). In that case, as long as the heat wasn't coming from a close source, there was no need for any foil/bag/whatnot. It came out outstanding. I need to find a roasting pan like that.

Now I got hungry again... I need to cook another bird. Or is it too soon?

When my granny died, there were two things of hers I all but demanded to have: 1) One piece of her Christmas Village (small, ceramic churches, houses, general stores, etc that wre lit from the inside) which I got, and 2) Her roaster which I did NOT get. Mom got it. She says I can have it when she dies.

Hmm... not so sure, doesn't that only do Close Encounters alien bleep bleep noises? May I interest you in a 250U Eurorack system instead? About the same price. Hans Zimmer or deadmau5 style studio enclosure not included.

Or maybe 500 MicroKorgs? About the same price too. You could create the world's most EPIC MICROKORG ORCHESTRA!! (500 Microkorg Keyboardists not included.)

My break was awesome!!! Went to the beach for 3 days.. came home, cleaned, played video games.. wonderful. I"m glad too that the kids are finally old enough to decorate the house for the holidays. I hate doing it